While this novel is engaging, exciting, and sometimes shocking, it is a problematic book to review because I don’t want to spoil anything! There are some books out there (The Girl in the Mirror being one of them) that the best “review” is someone handing you the book and just saying,
“trust me!” It Is a story you will absolutely be wrapped up in from page one.
At its core, this novel is about twin sisters Summer and Iris. Both have inherited wealth, but Summer has everything that Iris wishes she had. Summer has a wonderful husband who is also financially secure, a stepson she adores, a life of travel and luxury, and is likely to be the one to inherit the remainder of their father’s estate, which is a significant amount. Iris has a failed marriage, has always felt adrift, and feels confident that her family has always viewed her as “unnecessary” since they have Summer in their lives. Circumstances arise that cause the reader to start wondering just how much jealousy Iris has in
her heart and how far she would go to have all the things she envies in her sister’s life. Family secrets, greed, lust, and lies all play roles int his complicated but fascinating tale.
Most important of all, for me, in a thriller is the ability to give the reader that “audible gasp moment.” So, like Clare Mackintosh I Let You Go, or The Wife Between Us from Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, Rose Carlyle is the latest addition to the list of authors who can give
readers that shocking gasp-out-loud moment that thriller lovers can’t get enough of!